Authorities on Tuesday identified the slain man as Daniel Allen Johnson. He was 43 and lived near where he was shot in the 700 block of 34th Street South.
A man was shot to death June 24, 2024, by Birmingham police responding to a disorderly conduct call in Forest Park.A man fatally shot by a Birmingham police officer was armed with a knife, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Senior State Trooper Vu Quang said police responding to a report of a disorderly person encountered Johnson, who “presented a knife.”A South Precinct officer was dispatched shortly to an apartment building in the parking lot of the neighborhood just off Clairmont Avenue. Court records show Johnson has previous convictions for resisting arrest and obstructing government operations.
The last fatal shooting by Birmingham police happened in February of 2022, when 27-year-old Keleen Rashad Connell was killed in the 4300 block of Morris Avenue in the Avondale area. That shooting was ruled justifiable by the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.
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